Cross-national studies examining the relationship between weather and crime are rare. Reasons are manifold but include the differences in countries due to geographical, climatic, and seasonal variations. In contrast in ...

Despite robust warming trends in surface air temperatures over southern Africa, extreme low temperature (ELT) events still occur from time to time. A recent ELT event affected South Africa resulting in disruptions in ...

Gradient-Boosted Decision Trees (GBDTs), particularly when tuned with Bayesian optimisation, are powerful machine learning techniques known for their effectiveness in handling complex, non-linear data. However, the performance ...

South Africa (SA) is highly vulnerable to the effects of drought on the environment, economy, and society. However, its effect on human health remains unclear. Understanding the mortality risk associated with different ...

Biophysical variables such as leaf area index (LAI) and leaf chlorophyll content (LCC) are cited as essential biodiversity variables. A comprehensive comparison and integration of retrieval methods is needed for the ...

To tackle the current pressing atmospheric science issues, as well as those in the future, a robust scientific community is necessary in all regions across the globe. Unfortunately, this does not yet exist. There are many ...

Sclerotinia head rot, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is a major disease limiting sunflower production in tropical and subtropical agroecological zones. Sporadic outbreaks across South Africa have resulted in major ...

INTRODUCTION : Climate factors influence the state of human health and wellbeing. Climate-related threats are particularly being experienced by vulnerable populations in Africa. A Question (Q)-Storming session was convened ...

The GMES and Africa, MarCOSIO project, promotes the sustainable management of marine resources, improves marine governance, and stimulates the growth of the blue economy in the Southern African and Indian ocean region. ...

The probabilistic forecast skill level of statistically downscaled European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) forecasts is determined in predicting maximum and minimum temperatures ...